Editing Brad Pitt (section)

==Public image==
[[File:BradPitt.jpg|thumb|Pitt at the 2007 [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]]|alt=A male with dyed blonde hair is being interviewed. He is wearing a black suit and tie, with a white shirt, and is standing on a red carpet. People standing behind barricades are visible in the background, while microphones are visible in the foreground.]]

Pitt has been frequently cited as one of the most attractive actors of all time and has been described as a [[sex symbol]] by many sources, including ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'', who named him one of the 25 sexiest stars in film history in 1995.<ref name="fox film" /><ref name="bbc brad" /><ref name="www. foxnews. com">{{cite news |author=Jeanna Bryner |title=Study: Men With 'Cavemen' Faces Most Attractive to Women |publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] |date=August 23, 2007 |access-date=January 1, 2008 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294134,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110020921/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294134,00.html |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The same year, he was named ''People''{{'}}s [[Sexiest Man Alive]], an accolade he received again in 2000.<ref name="bbc brad">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1003789.stm |title=Brad Pitt 'Sexiest Man Alive' |date=November 2, 2000 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=November 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083732/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1003789.stm |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-clooney-sizes-up-brad-pitts-feet/ |title=George Clooney Sizes Up Brad Pitt's Feet |author=Judy Faber |date=June 6, 2007 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |access-date=November 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824203050/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/06/entertainment/main2896111.shtml |archive-date=August 24, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Pitt appeared on ''[[Forbes]]''{{'}} annual [[Forbes Celebrity 100|Celebrity 100]] list of the 100 most powerful celebrities from 2006 to 2008 placing at numbers 20, 5 and 10, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/06/12/06celebrities_money-power-celebrities-list_land.html |title=The Celebrity 100 |author1=Lea Goldman |author2=Kiri Blakeley |date=June 12, 2006 |work=Forbes |access-date=November 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729115112/https://www.forbes.com/2006/06/12/06celebrities_money-power-celebrities-list_land.html |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_The-Celebrity-100_Rank.html |title=The Celebrity 100 |date=June 14, 2007 |work=Forbes |access-date=November 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103132828/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/53/07celebrities_The-Celebrity-100_Rank.html |archive-date=November 3, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/oprah-tiger-woods-angelina-jolie-top-forbes-celebrity-100-list |title=Oprah, Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie Top Forbes' Celebrity 100 List |date=June 12, 2008 |publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] |access-date=May 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305080615/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365903,00.html |archive-date=March 5, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, he appeared on the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] list, a compilation of the 100 most influential people in the world, as selected annually by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref name="time 100" /> The magazine credited Pitt for using "his star power to get people to look [to where] cameras don't usually catch".<ref name="time 100">{{cite magazine |author=Rebecca Winters Keegan |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616809,00.html |title=Brad Pitt |access-date=July 11, 2007 |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505015430/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616809,00.html |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was again included on the ''Time'' 100 in 2009, this time in the "Builders and Titans" list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894161,00.html |title=Brad Pitt |author1=James Carville|author2=Mary Matalin |magazine=Time |access-date=May 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107062923/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894161,00.html |archive-date=January 7, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2025}}, Pitt's films have grossed over $6.9{{nbsp}}billion worldwide, according to ''[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]''.<ref name="m690">{{cite web | title=Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office | website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-star-records/worldwide/lifetime-acting/top-grossing-leading-stars | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>

Beginning in 2005, Pitt's relationship with Angelina Jolie became one of the world's most reported celebrity stories. After Jolie was confirmed to be pregnant in early 2006, the intense media hype surrounding the couple reached what [[Reuters]], in a story titled "The Brangelina fever," called "the point of insanity".<ref name="fever">{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/02/06/1139074140202.html |title=The Brangelina Fever |access-date=September 8, 2008 |date=February 6, 2006 |publisher=Reuters |work=The Age |location=Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018205659/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/02/06/1139074140202.html |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> To avoid media attention, the couple flew to [[Namibia]] for the birth of their daughter, which was described by a paparazzi blog as "the most anticipated baby since Jesus Christ."<ref>{{cite news |author=Terry Leonard |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501187.html |title=Namibia Shielding Pitt and Jolie |access-date=December 30, 2008 |date=May 25, 2006 |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007163558/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501187.html |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Similarly, intense media interest greeted the announcement of Jolie's second pregnancy two years later; for the two weeks Jolie spent in a seaside hospital in [[Nice]], reporters and photographers camped outside on the promenade to report on the birth.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ben Gruber |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jolie-idUSL1322562520080715 |title=Jolie twins doctor admits to pre-birth pressure |access-date=December 30, 2008 |date=July 15, 2008 |work=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602085010/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/07/15/us-jolie-idUSL1322562520080715 |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2006 global industry survey by [[ACNielsen]] in 42 international markets, Pitt, together with Jolie, were found to be the favorite celebrity endorsers for brands and products worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/company_briefs/index.html?id=9263_Angelina+Jolie+Brad+Pitt+top+the+charts+as+favourite+celebrity+endorsers:+AC+Nielsen+survey|title=Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt top the charts, as favourite celebrity endorsers|access-date=September 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109002123/http://www.afaqs.com/news/company_briefs/index.html?id=9263_Angelina+Jolie+Brad+Pitt+top+the+charts+as+favourite+celebrity+endorsers:+AC+Nielsen+survey|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pitt has appeared in several television commercials. For the U.S. market, he starred in a [[Heineken Pilsener|Heineken]] commercial aired during the [[Super Bowl XXXIX|2005 Super Bowl]]; it was directed by David Fincher, who had directed Pitt in ''Seven'', ''Fight Club'', and ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lucy Kaylin |url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200505/brad-pitt-divorce-hollywood-lucy-kaylin?currentPage=5 |title=American Idol |access-date=March 22, 2010 |date=June 2005 |work=[[GQ]] |page=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812153658/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200505/brad-pitt-divorce-hollywood-lucy-kaylin?currentPage=5 |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other commercial appearances came in television spots including [[Honda Integra|Acura Integra]], in which he was featured opposite Russian model [[Tatiana Sorokko]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/hot-copy-article-1.707366|title=Hot Copy|date=December 22, 1995|newspaper=[[The New York Daily News]]|access-date=September 22, 2014|location=New York|first1=Michael|last1=Lewittes|first2=A.J.|last2=Benza|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006214854/http://nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/hot-copy-article-1.707366|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as [[SoftBank]], and [[Edwin (clothing brand)|Edwin Jeans]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04japander.html |title=For Celebrities, Ads Made Abroad Shed Some Stigma |author=Cate Doty |date=February 4, 2008 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304193514/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04japander.html |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> On June 2, 2015, the [[minor planet]] 29132 Bradpitt was named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2015/MPC_20150602.pdf |title=Minor Planet Center |publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]] |date=June 2, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908183024/http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/2015/MPC_20150602.pdf |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>